Papertake Weekly Challenge

Morning peeps, well so far this morning the internet is behaving itself, so I though I had better post this early in case it all goes Pete Tong later.  How many of you did your on-line shopping yesterday – Mega Monday- couldn’t believe it when I heard on the news how much they expected to be spent on internet shopping yesterday.  Fabulous news about William and Kate, although I feel so sorry for her having to put up with the sickness, she is in the best place though and I hope things get better for her soon.

Our Challenge on Papertake this week is Anything Goes – with the option of making a gift, I have not had much time to make a gift so am afraid its just a card from me. 

The papers are Pion Designs from Live and Love Crafts , I have used Inka Gold on the Flowers and leaves unfortunately you cannot see it properly but it really shines.  The two tags are from Lili of the Valley.

The dies i have used are all by Doo Hickey and are, Christmas Lace Border, Vintage Swirl, So Wrapped Label.

Flowers, from the Ribbon Girl, the lovely Vintage Brown Tea Died Vintage Gingham Ribbon and Rusty Jingle  Bells are from Andreas Vintage Collection.  The hanging Beads are made from my Bead stash.

Very few Copics used on this one:

Flesh E13, E11, E00, E000, E0000, Hair, E43, E40, Dress: E42, E40

For those who have asked my tutorial on the Magic Shutter Card will be posted ob Friday.

Have a great day all

Hugs

Jacs xxxxx

 

Ohhhhhh I hate the internet

Morning all I have had a very very frustrating day, I have been trying to get internet access all day, ended up having to go to restore, and the when I was up and running Live Writer had stopped working, had to uninstall and reinstall so lost all my settings  and links, so I am going to have to start from the beginning again Grrrrrrr!!, good job the PC is a long way from the window and too heavy to carry or it would have been thrown out.   So sorry for the late posting of the winner of my Little Tilda Candy and today's card.

The winner of the Candy is No 21 Margaret, can you e-mail me on jacqueline_dennis@btinternet.com with your snail mail address dear and I will get it off to you.

Now down to todays card, another of the lovely Christmas images from Mo’s Digital Pencil, what a happy image this is just wants to make you smile looking at her.

Once again I made good user of my new E-bosser with lots of die cutting, I have used Memory Box Cherise Label and Tiffany Frame, Doo-Hickey Vintage Label, Spellbinders Poinsettia and Floral Ovals Dies which have all been distressed with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink.

Copic Colours used:

Flesh: E13, E11, E00. E000, E0000, Mauves/Pink: V12, V01, V000, Greys: C3, C1, C00

Off to catch up on all I should have done this morning

Have a good day or what's left of it

Hugs

Jacs xxx

Penny Black Monthly Challenge

Morning all this is a scheduled post so if you are reading this then I have done it right.  Today sees the start of a new theme on Penny Black Saturday Challenge we want to see lots of glitter and sparkle on your cards, we are sponsored by  4 fabulous monthly sponsors Penny Black, J & C Creations, The Ribbon Girl  and 1-2-3 Stitch.

Another of my original Penny Black Stamps this one is called Xmas Rider, not sure of they still make her.  Very Simple card for me, I like this clean and simple  style may have to do more of them in the future.

Playing with my new E-Bosser again wanted to try the A4 embossing folder that came with the machine, have I told you how much I love it .

I have glittered the fur around the bottom of her coat with Crystal Glamour Dust, used Crystal Ice for the snow on the ground and add drop of Stickles to give the impression of snow.  The Gingham Ribbon and Silver Cord are both from The Ribbon Girl and the sentiments are from Lili of the Valley.

Just realised , I have been using Red and Green rather a lot lately.

The Copics used to colour the image are:

Flesh: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair E17

Greens: G14, YG23, YG03

Reds: R59, R29, R27, R24,

Greys: C3, C1, C00

Have a great weekend.

Hugs

Jacs xxxx

All He Wants For Christmas

Hello from a fab sunny winters morning here in the UK, Going to get on with winter cleaning today before I put up the Chrissie Decs, so this is a really quick post. 

Since I posted my Magic Shutter Card I have been asked by lots of you for a tutorial on how it was made, I will get down to making a tutorial at the beginning of next week  so keep checking.

I forgot all about the fab Kenny K Christmas images I bought a couple of years ago, but whilst going through my PC files I came across the Digis and just had to have a colour.

Have not used even one die cut on this one, it was hard !!!!,  The papers are a mixture of new and old Magnolia collections, the image has been coloured with Copics no Pencils used on this one.

Once again the pearls where white and have been coloured with R27 Copic.

The Lush 12mm Silver Lame Ribbon, two sizes of Berries and Yummy Sparkly Pin are all from the Ribbon Girl, Feather from my stash but I think I bought it at Hobbycraft.

Don’t forget to scroll down to the post below to enter my Candy Draw for a Cute Christmas Tilda and a Bag of Vintage Gold Berries

Have a good Day all

Hugs

Jacs xxxxxx

A Beary Merry Christmas and a Little Magnolia Candy

Back again a bit later than expected!!!

This afternoon I have a card made with the cute Bears from this years Magnolia Christmas Collection, they are so sweet and just calling out for a cuddle.

I haven’t made an easel card for ages, almost forgot how to make one hehe!!!  ponce again I have used some fabby papers from Nitwits Collections I ran the striped paper through the E-Bosser in a small dot embossing folder to add a bit of texture and to complement the liquid pearls I have used on the image.

What do you think of the  like intricate Border and Corner they are 2 dies from the new Spellbinders D-Lites Dies the corner is Fantastic Flourish 2, and the Border is Flourish Trim,

Flowers and bells are from the Ribbon Girl as is the White Seam Binding, the string of pearls is from Live and Love Crafts as is the Cheesecloth.

Copics used:

E53, E51, E50 (with Tan Polychromos Pencil) Pink/Mauve: V12, V01, V000, Aquas B2, B000, B0000, Greys C1, C00

I am entering this card for the : 

Tildas Town Challenge – Anything Goes

CANDY

I have a little candy for you today this sweet Tilda with a Little Dove and Vintage Gold Magnolia Berries, this is a thank you for continuing to follow me during my sporadic posting lately, I am truly grateful

The only rules are  please pop it on your sidebars :)
and leave your link below 

I will keep this candy open until Saturday Evening (1st December).

Leave your details with Mr Linky if you wish to win Tilda

Thanks for visiting

Hugs

Jacs  xxxx

A Forgotten Card

Hello my lovelies, still a little tired not had a full night sleep since Monday, but noticed it was a full moon last night so that explains a lot, Mums sleep pattern is always upset for around a week during the full moon phase.  But I had some exciting news yesterday so am on a high at the moment, I managed to get onto the Rosemary Merry Retreat next November places on her Retreats are like Gold Dust and I was amazed that I had managed to sign up and pay WoooHooo!!!.

Right onto this mornings post, I made a DT card for last weeks Lilis Little Fairies Challenge and meant to schedule to appear whilst I was away, but during all the excitement of going to the Craftaganza it got forgotten so thought I would show it to you today, shame to waste it (and to be perfectly honest I haven’t got a card ready get to show you). 

 

The papers are from Nitwits Collections, and the image is of course from Lili of the Valley – Christmas Eve Boy, coloured with Copics .

I used Craft Paper to cut  Doo Hickey Blooming Tag tucked behind the image and added a bow made with Ribbon and Twine from the Ribbon Girl.

Centura Pearl Card was used for the Die Cut Reindeer, I used my new E-Bosser to cut the dies, I am in love with this machine it cuts perfectly and no aching arms from tedious winding of the handle, just put it in the machine and 18 seconds latter it pops out fab.

 

Copics Used:

I actually threw away the list of colours but I think I can remember most of the  markers I Used:

Bed: E74, E71, E70, E40 dark brown Polychromos Pencil

Hat: B32, B21, B41

Stocking: RV69, R39 – Black Polychromos Pencil

Teddies: E53, E51. E50 – Tan Pencil

Bunny – C3, C1, C00 – Pale Grey Pencil

Bed Linen: E40

I will be back later today with another card and a little Magnolia Candy so don’t forget to pop back

Hugs

Jacs xxxx

A Couple of new Projects

Hi Peeps, today I have a couple of projects I have been working on since I came back from the Crafters Companion  Craftaganza at the weekend.  The first is a take on a card design from Sara’s Saturday class, we actually made an A4 card in the class but as soon as I saw it I was sure it could be resized to 6x6, so after faffing about here it is:

Now I know you are thinking what's so special about that but be patient there is a little surprise there for you,   The Papers are by Maja Designs I think they were last years so not sure if you can still get them.   The sweet Tilda from this years Christmas Collection has been coloured with Copics. 

I have made an edge around the side of the card with a Martha Stewart Punch, and used another punch for the Snowflake which I them embossed with Frant-age Ivory Aged Embossing Enamel , the Poinsettia was made with Spellbinders Poinsettia Die, which was distressed with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and has Gold Crushed Glass Glitter add to the middle, all available from J & C Creations.

 

Ribbons, Gold Twine and Small Berries are all from The Ribbon Girl, The large round sentiment is another Magnolia Stamp, the little tag is by Lili of the Valley, The Tag is a Doo Hickey Die

Now for the surprise.

I am not sure what you would call this type of card, so I am going to name it he Magic Shutter Card the snowflake in the centre is a Magnolia Stamp which has been glittered with Crystal Glamour Dust and I have add a self adhesive Gem to the centre of the card, this is the card open, I wish you could see it in real life as I cannot take a photo of the inside with the Shutter Closed.

And this is it half open, when you first open it up the shutters are completely closed no sign of the Magnolia Snowflake.  I loved making this card.

Now for the next project, this month on the J & C Creations Designs to Inspire Blog we have been showcasing Spellbinders Dies and for the final we are all making something a little bit different, I had some fabby Crackers from Which Craft which I thought I would decorate.  Full details of Dies used etc will be on the J & C Creations Designs to Inspire Blog at about midday, got to upload it first

Thanks for looking, have a great crafty day

Hugs

Jacs xxxxxx

A Study in Red and White

Morning all, slowly getting back into the crafting mode, today we see a new challenge on Papertake Weekly Challenge, and Dawny P has created a fabulous sketch for us to follow, we are sponsored this week by the lovely girls at Simon Says Stamp.

Nice plain and simple card from me today with a very limited palette, but I am really pleased with it.  Dawny’s lovely sketch gave me a chance to use some of those little scraps I save from my backing papers (cannot bear to throw even the smallest pieces away), these are all papers by Magnolia.

The lovely lace edge is cut from white card with Doo Hickey Christmas Lace Border Die, The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.

 

The image has been coloured with Copis on Neenah Classic Crest Card.  Once again I have coloured white pearls with a matching copic .

Copics used:

Flesh: E13, E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00

Hair: YR13, E13, E50

Reds: R37, R27, R24, R22

Thanks for looking, I am off to make a couple of Shamballa Bracelets, I got the bug at the Craftaganza.

Hugs

Jacs xxxxx

Countdown to Christmas

Hello my lovelies, back after a fantastic time at this years Crafters Companion Craftaganza, Great to catch up with some old friends and to make lots of new ones.   Some brilliant projects made, including beading, will show them over the week.

Today I am showing an Advent Calendar I made before I went away, there are 24 little drawers, into which I added 2 sweets one for Mum and one for James, but whilst I was away Mum found the sweets so now I will have to fill them up again.

The papers are from K&Co Pad from Charmed cards and  Crafts, the Die Cuts are also from the same Elizabeth Brownd Collection

Lots of little bits from my stash have been used to decorate the panels

This is how I decorated the Top of the box

The view from the other side

Sorry this is so quick have to get back to clearing up and starting this weeks card, and preparing for my Colouring Class at Oyster Stamps on Saturday.

Hugs

Jacs xxx

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Afternoon peeps, a bit late with this one, had no sleep last night so tried to catch some shut eye this morning.  Today sees a new challenge on Papertake Weekly Challenge, we are sponsored  by the lovely Andrea and Mary from The Ribbon Girl, so we have a theme with that in mind – Ribbons & Pearls.

Can you see a pattern emerging this week, Mo’s Fabulous images have got me under their spell, I only went over to buy 1 and ended up with 6.  Todays image is called Victoria Carolling.  I loved colouring her, I used Copics and Polychromos Pencils.

The beautiful papers are from a K&Co Christmas Pad- Elizabeth Bownd – every sheet is delicious.  I cut out the bell tucked under the Gold Mesh Ribbon from a sheet of the paper and added some Gold Glamour Dust around the edge of the bell. 

The Poinsettia was cut with the Doo Hickey Poinsettia Die, I added Gold Glitter Glass from J & C Creations to the middle of the flower and on the top edge of the card.   The Gold Mess Ribbon and Pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.

Copics used:

Flesh: E13, E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00, Hair E71, E40, Greens: G94, G46, YG63, Reds: R37, R27, R24, R02, Beiges E43, E41,

Happy Crafting

Hugs

Jacs xxxxxx

Sweet & Simple

Good morning my lovelies, before I go on I have to thank Nenny who left a message on yesterdays post recommending an unusual present for one of my sons, she sent me a link to  The Hedgehog Co and suggested I have a look at the Hedgehog house, what a fantastic idea I ended up buying one for my eldest and also a fabulous bird house and feeder for another son, as they both love anything to do with wildlife these are just perfect present, thanks so much Nenny.

A nice simple card today following the sketch on this weeks Sketch Saturday Challenge, another of the fabulous Digis I bought last week from Mo’s Digital Pencil this little one is called “Taste of Winter” I love how she has her tongue popping out trying to catch the snowflakes, haven’t we all done that at sometime.

 

Some lovely papers have been used from Nitwits Collections  “Joyful Hearts”. 

The Organza Roses, Silver Lame Ribbon and Pearls are all from The Ribbon Girl.

The image has been coloured with the Copics as listed below.

Flesh: E13, E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20, R00, Hair: E44, E40, Pinks: RV66, RV52, RV10, RV000, Blues: B02, B000, B0000

I am entering this card for the Sketch Saturday Challenge

Hugs

Jacs  xxxxxx